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TIL the entire Oregon coast is public land

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MegMB TIL that Magellan did not actually complete his circumnavigation of the globe. He died in the Philippines and the voyage was completed by Juan Sebastian Elcano
VM8yQ TIL James Irwin, the 8th person to walk on the moon, quit NASA to begin expeditions in search of Noah's Ark.
6kk7 TIL Matt Damon and Ben Affleck originally wrote ‘Good Will Hunting’ with an oral sex scene between the main character and his shrink to see which film execs had truly read the script. They sold the film rights to Harvey Weinstein of Miramax, the only one to mention the scene was wildly out of place
KOryE TIL when kids in Asia lose baby teeth from their lower jaw, they throw the teeth on the roof of the house. Those from the upper jaw are thrown on the floor or buried. They believe the new teeth grow toward the lost teeth.
ZYKG TIL that in 1730,when pirate Olivier Levasseur was hanged he threw a coded message into the crowd. He shouted “Find my treasure,he who may understand it! The treasure remains lost.